The Better Options

While the world clamor and lean upon big companies of oil, several nations around the globe are considering the “big shift” to alternative energy.

During the first quarter of 2005, the cost of gas climbed to the highest price one can ever imagine. The whole world was shaken and I wonder what if there are other ways? There should be. We have a lot of resources that has given by God for us to use but not abuse.

As compared to America, other nations such as Australia, France and Germany continuously looks for an alternative ways of expanding other possibilities. Seriously focusing on other ways to preserve the nature and at the same time find other ways of getting energy aside from the oil plus the fact of climate change issues.

Politically, the American blight in the Middle East is of great advantage to countries in support of renewable energy, because these countries are getting a head start on the global race towards the technological development of more efficient renewable energy systems. Billions spent on preservation of the status quo of the OPEC nations assures France and Germany oil for the immediate future. At the same time, the money saved from opting out of participation in the Coalition can be used to build many alternative energy resources and research new methods of securing renewable energy. Well-orchestrated protests against American involvement in Iraq and other Middle East countries endears Canada, France and Germany to the world (source: A Dream for a Future with Alternative Energy by Robert S. Leonard).

The issue here of course is to find ways of getting alternative energies other than being dependent on oil.

Some feel adamant that alternative energy will not only provide cheaper energy but remedy or at least diminish the primary reasons for ongoing global conflict. Alternative energy provides the ability to offer a large level of redundancy in sources so that countries are not dependent on the natural resources of another nation. It also provides a much cleaner energy, reducing the tremendous pollution problem of fossil fuel. The profitability of alternative energy is an investment that starts today and pays off tomorrow (source: A Dream for a Future with Alternative Energy by Robert S. Leonard).

Taking advantage of what we have right now, like for example, the sun. For so many centuries, it keeps on shining down on our planet. With the advances in solar energy starting right now, every electrical need could be satisfied with solar power and the grid. It will just take a good focus and funding by the government to modify and encourage everyone to shift gears and make it happen.

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, wind mills for mechanical power, wind pumps for pumping water or drainage, or sails to propel ships (source: Wikipedia). For as long as it is free, abundant and can be seen anywhere in any part of the world, if one can just modify that into an alternative energy, it is like hitting a jackpot in a lottery.

Wind turbines are quiet and have an unending resource to produce energy for any country smart enough to use them.

The whole point of alternative energy is to provide sustainable, clean, cost-effective, and localized energy to our communities. To be able to achieve this, just like any science theory; we need to analyze, identify the problem, test the solution, and conclude.

After all, if we reflect back and we take a look at our roots, life is simpler then. We do not have to complicate things to get what we want. Finding alternative energies as well as taking care of our climate can easily be achieved if we try it out first.